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COMBINED ORDER PLATE AND PAPER ROLL HOLDER. No. 427,020. Patented Apr.29, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HOlVARD STRETCIIER, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO HOWARD STRETCHERAND HENRY VARWIG, OF SAME PLACE.

COMBINED ORDER-PLATE AND PAPER-ROLL HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 427,020, dated April29, 1890.

Application filed November 16,1889. Serial No. 330,539. (No model.)

in connection with the accompanying drawings, after which I willparticularly refer to and point out the novel parts and combinations ofparts which I desire to cover by Letters Patent.

Referring to the drawings, in which like parts are indicated by similarreference-letters wherever they occur throughout the various views,Figure 1 is a perspective view of an order-box upon which my improveddevice is secured. Fig.2 is a perspective View of n my roll-holder andplate detached. Fig. 3 is a side elevation, upon an enlarged scale, of aportable writing or stenographers desk provided with my improvements.Fig. 4 is a perspective View, upon an enlarged scale, of a woodengudgeon, one of which is placed in each end of the paper-roll to furnishits j ournal-bearings. Fig. 5 is a perspective View upon the same scaleof the met-a1 disk, which is coupled to the gudgeon at. one or both endsof the roll. Fig. 6 shows, in transverse section, views of two forms ofwinding-roll for the stenographers desk shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 7 is anenlarged detail view, in longitudinal central section, of one of thespring-arms for holding the paper-roll.

The order-box A, Fig. 1, is preferably made the same size and shape ontop as the desk of a telephone-box, so that a device, as shown in Fig.2, .of the same size may be attached to either.

In order that my device may be readily attached to any telephone-box ordesk without nails or screws, I form the plate B out of spring metal,either sheet brass or steel. The

plate is first cut to the proper size, and then is transversely slottedat b b, after which one end is bent down at substantially a right angle.Upon this vertical portion B is secured the U-shaped piece 0, thespring-arms O of which furnish bearings for the journals of thepaper-roll D. The end of plate B is severed a short distance back fromthe overlapping edge b and the outside severed strips curved downward toform spring-fingers b to catch under the overlapping edge of the box topand hold the plate in place, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3. The extended end11 of the plate B forms a cutting-edge, against which the paper is tornoff. The bar I), which divides the two slots b, may be sprung inward topress the paper against the edge of the box or desk top to give it aslight tension, and the indentations b are for the same purpose, so thatthe paper will be stretched and lie smoothly upon the top of plate B.

The disk E is centrally perforated to receive the journal-pin f of thegudgeon F, and has an inwardly-projecting pin (2, stamped and turned atright angles to its face to enter the groove f in the gudgeon F to keythe disk to the gudgeon. The disk E has also indentations 6' made in acircular path around the central opening to engage a teat 0, formed by asimilar indentation in the arm 0'. The object of this arrangement is togently check the paper-roll D as the teat c enters one of thedepressions e and prevent the paper from unwinding until it is pulledoff over the plate 13. There are two disks, one at each end of the roll,but only one of them need be formed as shown. The other one may beentirely plain. The indentations in the end of the gudgeon F are mainlyto embed the teats formed by the indentations in the outer face of thedisk E, and permit the inner face of the disk to lie close against theend of the gudgeon and the paper-roll, but they also assist to couplethe disk and gudgeon.

WVhen my device is intended for a writing or stenographers desk, asshown in Fig. 3, it is more convenient to place the paper-rollholdingarms to project under the plate B. This arrangement brings the roll Dunder the desk, and consequently out of the way.

To preserve the record in convenient form I have arranged a winding-rollG, in arms C similar to the roll-holding arms 0 C. These rolls may beprovided with pins 9 or a clampi ng-strip g, Fig. 6, to hold the end ofthe web and draw it from the roll D. The journal of the roll projectsbeyond its bearing, and the projecting end is angular to receive a keyby which to turn the roll and wind the paper written upon around theroll G. In this case, too, I make the journal of the gudgeon F of metaland form upon its projecting end the angular key-seatf to receive thesame key which is introduced through a perforation through the side ofthe box A, so as to wind the paper back upon the roll D, should it benecessary to refer back to the notes already written. Th is arrangementwill also be found very convenient when the notes are to be transcribedupon the type-writer. The operator can wind the paper back upon the rollD before commencing. Then place the desk alongside of the machine andwind it back again upon the rear roll, as desired. After the notes havebeen transcribed, the roll containing them may be removed, the Websevered against the edge U, and the notes preserved in compact form.

In the order-box shown in Fig. 1 a pin a is fixed in the bottom, uponwhich the orders torn off are filed.

To place or replace a roll of paper the gudgeonsare forcedinto each end,the disks placed against the ends of the roll, the journals passingthrough their central perforations, the pin in the disk entering thegroovef in the conical plug. One journal is then placed in its bearingand the arms 0 sprung far enough apart to introduce the oppositejournal. The end of the web is then drawn under the bar I)", over theplate 1- and passed down through the slot 1;. Now when an order iswritten the web is drawn forward by taking hold of its projecting endand the slip torn otl against the end Z1 of the plate B, as shown inFig. 1.

It is obvious that the order-box, Fig. 1, may, if desired, be fasteneddown upon a desk or counter. It is also obvious that the form of theplate may be somewhat varied without departing from the spirit or scopeof my in- Vention, and the spring-finger b at the bend of the plate maybe omitted when the plate is curved at its bend to grasp the edge of thedesk, as shown in Fig. Other forms of rollholders may also be secured tothe vertical overlapping portion of the plate, as the distinguishingfeature of my in ventlon 1s the spring-plate for attachment to a desk orbox without screws or nails, having a paper-roll holder at one end andmeans, such as shown, for holding the paper while being drawn and atrest upon the plate.

I claim- 1. The combination of the plate B B, trans versely slotted asshown and having sprlng clamping-fingers within the roll, andholdingarms 0' O, secured to the vertical part B, snbstantially as shownand described.

2. The combination, substantially as specified, of the box A, thespring-plate slotted at b b, and having spring-fingers turned down fromsaid plate upon opposite sides to secure it on the top of said box, andthe spring-arms C O, secured to said plate and adapted to receive andhold the roll with s )1ring-press1u'e.

3. The combination of the bent plate l3 l3, slotted at I) l), and havingthe extended end b against which the paper may be torn, the springroll-holder O C O,secured to the vertical part of said plate, one orboth of said arms having teat c, the disk having depressions c to engagesaid teat and the pin e, and the gndgeon F, havinga groove fto receivesaid pin, whereby When the paper-roll is mounted upon said gndgeons andplaced in said arms the paper is checked from unwinding, substantiallyas shown and described.

4. The combination, substantially as set forth, of the box A, the plate.13 3, carrying the roll-holder at one end, the winding-roll secured tothe box at the opposite end, and spring-brakes for both rolls, theshafts of said rolls being provided with key-seats, whereby the papermay be Wound from one roll to the other and drawn tightly in its passageover the plate B.

IIOYVARD ."lRETClllER.

Witnesses:

GEO. J. MURRAY, FRANK. L. MILLWARD.

It is heriaby certified that in Letters Patent No. 427,020, grantedApril 29, 1890, upon the application of Howard Stretcher, of Cincinnati,Ohio, for an improvement in Oombined Order-Plate and Paper-Roll Holder,an error appears in the printed specification requiring the followingcorrection, viz: On page 2, in line 66, the word within should read withand that the said Letters Patent should be read With this correctiontherein that the same may conform to the record of the case in thePatent Office.

Signed, countersigned, and sealed this 6th day of May, A. D. 1890.

[SEALJ' CYRUS BUSSEY,

, Assistant Secretary of the Interior. Oountersigned O. E. MITCHELL,

Commissioner of Patents.

